Storage battery.



STORAGE BATTERY.

APPLICATION FILED IDEO.15. 1911.

Patenteoi Jan. 21, 1913.

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Flpeeifieation of Letters Patent,

Patented Jan. 21,1915.

Ayplieationfiled Deeembeffi, 1931. Serial No. 666,011.

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' oi Great Bi'l.ttll1,.l8- lie, in. the oounty of v. New York, have ind useful idtorage Battery,

' g is a specification.

3/2: j to an improved form. of

ting therefor.

" for its object the pro etlieient and; convenient .oiore been obtained. these ohjeets in view, the invenconstructional features,

i. out in the appended rinse. in detail in connection n led embodiment of; the ininstrated the accompanying T he drawingz i igure 1 is a vertical lei f nial. section .tln'aiugh the upper portion I a batter "or and of the closure same per hindn is drawingu the ha around its upper portion a continuous flange, eiitending out a 2 I. upwardly 3 parallel to f body and izerininated at in {the A i;;on ii plane as the upper edge or rim ot the This flange is preferably ml with he body and of hard rubber, o ier composition suitable for the purpose.

Arranged to overlie the mouth of the jar is the closure 5 of the same material as the jar, or it may he of porcelain or less to ailt a view of the jar interior. T 11s e sure comprises a horizontal portion 6, wherein is provided the usual binding post apertures '4' and vent 8, and. is formed with a continuous rile 9, Within which is a groove 10 in register with and-arranged to snugly receive the uppeirim of the jar. Outside the rib 9 the horizontal portion of {the closure plate is oontinued as a lip 11, v h extends around ta olosnre. and is designed ea e, Torin o to storage batteries, l

hire 7, and the \tween the "post and the aoeordieg to my invention. U sectional view of the ,the outer wall uprising,

terial, such as rubber,.which serves to most efiectually seal the cover against leakage oi.- the electrolyte, and is not only more readily applied than a fused seal but is also easily removed and produces no waste particles to enter and oontazninatethe jar fvVithin the jar, which may have one or more Compartments, are positioned the usualelectrode plates 13, connected by their shanks 14 With the feet 15 of the binding post 16 of lead, or other suitable material. About each binding post is arranged a. flanged sleeve of rubber, or other resilient acid resisting material, the neck 17 ofvvhieh encircles the post above and at the point- Where'it passes through the apertion 6 of the closure plate between the latter and the foot ofthe binding post. This flanged sleeve not only seals the space beproteets the binding post proper froijoahe electrolyte, if the horizontal. portion 6 of the closure.

The sealed jar 1- is arranged to he placed Within a case 19 of Wood, or other available material and secured therein. by a lid or cover 20, having adownwardly. extending Flange resting upon the upper edge of the flange 18 underlies the per-- closure plate, but

by any chance it gets above and. upon the upper face of the seal 12.

This cover is provided with apertures 21 for the accommodation of the binding post 1 .3, which latter may be advantageously llneaded for the'reception of nuts 22 bearing upon. Washers 23, whereby tension may be applied upwardlyuw clamp the flange 18 between the footof the post and the closure plate, and'to simultaneously compress the re silient seal'12 and at the sometime to conneet the obverQO securely with the case 19.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

lsln a storage battery, a jar provided ahoub its mouth with an integral flange shaped to define an exterior recess having.

a stifi closure plate provided. with a marginal raised rib with an exterior lip adapted torest in the'recess, and a resilient seal adapted to the recess in overlying'relation to the lip.

Zaln a storage battery, 'a jar having formed about its rim beiovv the upper edge thereof an outwardly and then upward esl-mwong flange forming a recess with the cess about the mouth of the jar, a closure plate having a central horizontal portion, a rib bounding such portion with a groove in the lower face of the rib to receive the rim of the jar, and a lip projecting horizontally beyond the rib and resting within the bottom of the recess, and a resilient sealing strip embedded within the recess above the li 4. In a storage battery, a jar. having formed about its rim acontinuous recess, a closure plate having a lip resting within said recess, and a resilient seal overlying the lip within the recess, in combination with a case for the jar, a cover overlying the jar and its closure, and a connection between the closure and cover, whereby to draw the cover downwardly upon theresilient. seal to compress the same.

5. In a storage battery, a jar having formed about its rim an outwardly and upwardly extending flange forming a recess, the upper edge of the flange occupying the same horizontal plane as the rim of the jar, electrode plates within the jar, binding posts connectedtherewith, a closure plate having a central horizontal portion, a rib formed on the upper surface of the plate and surrounding the central portion, a groove in the lower face of the rib to receive the rim of the jar, and a lip extending horizontally beyond the rib and resting within the bot tom of the recess, and a resilient sealing strip embedded within the recess above the lip, the binding posts extending through -the closure plate, and flanged sleeves of resilient acid-proof material arranged between the feet of the binding posts and the bottom of the closure and surrounding the binding posts and extending above the closure plate, in combination with a case arranged to receive the jar, a cover overlying the jar and its closure and provided with holes for the accommodation of the binding posts, said cover arranged 'to bear upon the resilient sealing strip, and means to apply tension upwardly upon the binding post to clamp the flanged sleeves between the closure and binding post and to simultaneously compress the sealing strip within its recess.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence ofrtwo witnesses,

i IAMES D. "WHITE WVitnesses: I

' FRANK Nonnrs, HENRY "WHITE, 

